Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest fights with a fan during a a brawl at a game against the Detroit Pistons, in Auburn Hills, Mich. This brawl was a black eye on the sport of basketball for a lengthy time. Artest was suspended for the remainder of the season for his part in the brawl. Eight other players received suspensions as well. (Duane Burleson/AP)

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May 30, 2014: Red Sox and Rays

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz is held back by umpire Jeff Kellogg after benches cleared after Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher David Price hit Mike Carp with a pitch during the fourth inning at Fenway Park in Boston, on May 30, 2014. (Charles Krupa/AP)

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Nov. 30, 2013: Ohio State and Michigan

Michigan's Delano Hill is punched by Ohio State's Dontre Wilson during a fight in the second quarter at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich. (Kirthmon F. Dozier/Detroit Free Press/AP)

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June 11, 2013: Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks

A scuffle breaks out after Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Zack Greinke was hit by a pitch during the seventh inning of their baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)

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April 11, 2013: Los Angeles Dodgers and Padres

When Carlos met Zack: Quentin's charge to the Dodgers mound sets off a full-scale, bench-clearing brawl in the sixth inning of April 11's Dodgers-Padres game. (Lenny Ignelzi/AP)

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March 9, 2013: Canada and Mexico

Canada's Joey Votto watches a fight between teammates and Mexico during the ninth inning of a World Baseball Classic game, Saturday, March 9, 2013, in Phoenix. No suspensions were handed down from this brawl. (Matt York/AP)

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Feb. 18, 1979: Bobby Allison and Cale Yarborough

Bobby Allison holds race driver Cale Yarborough's foot after Yarborough kicked him following an argument Feb. 18, 1979 when Yarborough stopped his car during the final lap of the Daytona 500. Allison's brother Donnie was involved in a wreck with Yarborough on the final lap which made brother Bobby stop. (Ric Feld/AP)

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Aug. 12, 1984: San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves Rick Mahler, center, is dragged away by San Diego Padres Rich Gossage, right, Bobby Brown and others August 12, 1984, during a brawl that erupted after Braves pitcher Pascual Perez was hit by a pitch from Padres pitcher Craig Lefferts at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium. (Charles Kelly/AP)

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Oct. 12, 2010: China and Brazil

In this photo taken Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010, China's Li Xiaoxu, center, kicks a Brazilian basketball player during a friendly match between China and Brazil in Xuchang city in central China's Henan province. China's basketball team has been raising a lot of eyebrows lately but for all the wrong reasons, the Asian Games defending champions head to Guangzhou facing uncomfortable questions about sportsmanship following an on-court brawl with Brazil. (AP Photo)

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Aug. 22, 1965: San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers

San Francisco Giants pitcher Juan Marichal (27) swings a bat at Los Angeles Dodgers catcher John Roseboro in the third inning at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Aug. 22, 1965 when Marichal apparently felt Roseboro had thrown too close to his head. Los Angeles pitcher Sandy Koufax, rear, tries to break up the fight. Marichal was ejected and Roseboro was treated for facial cuts after the incident. (Robert H. Houston/AP)

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Dec. 10, 2011: Cincinnati and Xavier

Xavier's Dezmine Wells, left, and center Kenny Frease (32) are held back while a Cincinnati coach holds back a player during a fight at the end of an NCAA college basketball game in Cincinnati. The last time Xavier and Cincinnati played, the crosstown rivalry ended with punches and punishments _ eight players suspended. (Al Behrman/AP)

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Oct. 9, 2008 - Kevin Harvick and Carl Edwards

Drivers Kevin Harvick, left, and Carl Edwards, right, scuffle in the Nationwide series garage area during practice for the NASCAR Nationwide Series General Dollar 300 auto race at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. (AP Photo)

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July 24, 2004: Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees

Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek, left, shoves New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez in the face after Rodriguez was hit by a pitch during the third inning and began yelling at Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo at Fenway Park in Boston Saturday, July 24, 2004. Rodriguez and Varitek were both ejected from the game after the benches cleared. (Winslow Townson/AP)

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Jan. 1, 1960: Syracuse and Texas

Syracuse University coach Ben Schwartzwalder, center, puts his arms around his quarterback Ger Schwedes (16) as Texas coach Darrell Royal pushes Maurice Doke (81) toward the sidelines after tempers flared during the second quarter of the Cotton Bowl game in Dallas, Jan. 1, 1960. Syracuse players said the fight started when Texas players used a racial epithet against Syracuse's John Brown. (AP Photo)

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2011: Georgetown and Bayi Rockets

Players of the Georgetown University men's basketball team and China's Bayi Rockets fight during their exhibition game in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. The bench-clearing brawl at the exhibition game between American and Chinese basketball teams marred the orchestrated harmony of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's visit to China. The fight forced the game to end early. (CD-ANPF/AP)

Colorado Avalanche goaltender Patrick Roy, left, takes a punch from Detroit Red Wings' goaltender Mike Vernon during a first period brawl in Detroit on Wednesday, March 26, 1997. Goaltenders fighting in the NHL is a rare sight. (Tom Pidgeon/AP)

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Dec. 16, 1956: Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions

Both players and spectators pile onto the field as a free-for-all brawl erupted in the late minutes of the Chicago Bears-Detroit Lions Western Division crown game, Dec. 16, 1956 in Chicago. The game was marred by one penalty after another, as the Chicago Bears won, 21-38. (Paul Cannon/AP)

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Oct. 14, 2006: FIU and Miami

Miami and Florida International players fight during the third quarter of a football game in Miami. The on-field melee marred the first meeting between the Hurricanes and Golden Panthers in football, and the fallout was huge. Florida International suspended 16 players and dismissed two others from its team after the fight, while Miami suspended 13 players after the third-quarter brawl that embarrassed both universities. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)

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Nov. 11, 2012: Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon

Clint Bowyer and Jeff Gordon's crews brawl during the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series AdvoCare 500 at Phoenix International Raceway on November 11, 2012 in Avondale, Arizona. (Tyler Barrick/NASCAR MEDIA)

A brawl breaks out late in the fourth quarter of the South Carolina-Clemson game Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, S.C. The fight delayed the game for about 10 minutes before coaches, police and security officers got things under control. Clemson won 29-7. (Mary Ann Chastain/AP)

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May 19, 1998: Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees

Players from the Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees engage in a bench clearing brawl after Orioles relief pitcher Armando Benitez beaned Yankees batter Tino Martinez after Bernie Williams hit a three-run home run to give the Yankees a 7-5 lead in the eighth inning Tuesday, May 19, 1998 at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees beat the Orioles 9-5. (Lou Requena/AP)

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April 1, 1998: Detroit Red Wings and Colorado Avalanche

Referee Terry Gregson warns Detroit Red Wings coach Scotty Bowman to stay back as Wings goalie Chris Osgood and Colorado Avalanche goalie Patrick Roy fight in front of the Wings bench in the third period in Detroit, Wednesday, April 1, 1998. (Carlos Osorio/AP)

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Dec. 16, 2006: New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets

Denver Nuggets' Carmelo Anthony takes a hand to the throat from New York Knicks' Jared Jeffries as Jeffries is restrained by Nuggets' Eduardo Najera as Knicks' Mardy Collins, left, Channing Frye, second from right, and Nate Robinson, right, look on during a fight that broke out in the second half of basketball action at Madison Square Garden in New York Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Ten players, including NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony, were ejected for fighting during a wild brawl near the end of the game between the Nuggets and Knicks. (Frank Franklin II/AP)

A member of the Brazilian team, nearest to the camera, takes a kick at a Uruguayan player, in tracksuit, as other players and officials try to intervene and stop the brawl, during a floodlit South American Championship match at the River Plate Stadium, in Buenos Aires, March 27, 1959. The match resumed and Brazil won 3-1. (AP Photo)

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Aug. 6, 2012: New York Jets

New York Jets players pile up in front of fans during a scuffle along the sidelines at NFL football training camp, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, in Cortland, N.Y. About 20 players were involved in a sideline brawl during a chippy practice after running back Joe McKnight and safety D'Anton Lynn tangled after a play. (Dennis Nett/The Syracuse Newspapers/AP)

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April 30, 1998: Miami Heat and New York Knicks

In this April 30, 1998, photo, Miami Heat's Alonzo Mourning, right, and New York Knicks' Charles Oakley grapple as Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy holds on to Mourning's leg during a fight in the closing seconds of Game 4 of a first round NBA basketball playoff game at Madison Square Garden in New York. (Mark Lennihan/AP)

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Dec. 23, 1979: Boston Bruins and New York Rangers

Terry O'Reilly of the Boston Bruins climbs over the Madison Square Garden glass railing and grabs a fan who took his hockey stick after the final period of the NHL game against the New York Rangers, Dec. 23, 1979. The Bruins had beat the Rangers 4-3. Other players followed O'Reilly into the stands. (Ray Stubblebine/AP)

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Aug. 4, 1993: Nolan Ryan and Robin Ventura

Texas Rangers' pitcher Nolan Ryan holds the Chicago White Sox' Robin Ventura in a headlock while punching him during the third inning in Arlington, Texas, Thursday night, Aug. 4, 1993. Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez grabs Ventura, who charged the mound when he was hit by a pitch. (Linda Kaye/AP)

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Sept. 25, 2013: Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves

Milwaukee Brewers Carlos Gomez, left, and Atlanta Braves Reed Johnson, right, exchange blows when both benches clear following a home run by Gomez in the first inning Wednesday in Atlanta. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution)